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Agronomist and Arable Farmer - February 3rd
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BASF’s vegetable seeds business, has developed a tearless onion variety which has now been launched at supermarkets in France, Germany, Italy, and United Kingdom. The yellow onion variety constitutes a breakthrough in vegetable innovation and is a real gamechanger as the first tearless onion available to the market. It is a result of more than three decades of conventional breeding …
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Continued innovation and a commitment to deliver cost-effective products to UK growers despite the challenges of Brexit and Covid-19, sees Life Scientific launching its first plant growth regulator (PGR), Sudo Mor, this spring. Sudo Mor contains 250g/l trinexapac ethyl and is a PGR registered for use on all varieties of winter and spring wheat, barley, oats, rye, triticale and ryegrass …
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Univoq, the new cereal fungicide from Corteva Agriscience, has shown it delivers an average yield benefit of 0.25t/ha over Revystar® XE. Across 36 sites in England and Scotland, Univoq outperformed the previous market standard in more than 80% of trials. The uplift in yield from using Univoq is calculated to be worth £50/hectare to growers. Mike Ashworth, Cereal Fungicide category …
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The uptake of NRM’s Soil Mineral Nitrogen (SMN) service doubled in January compared with the same period last year. This reflects the farmers and advisors’ need for greater insight into crop performance to combat high fertiliser prices. ‘When nitrogen fertiliser prices began to soar in the autumn of 2021, it became clear just how necessary measuring SMN levels is,’ said …
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KUHN Farm Machinery is offering a new 0% finance deal on its range of square balers with a scheme that will run until the end of April 2022. The 3-year 0% offer can be used against 50% of the list price of all KUHN square balers, SB models. This includes the KUHN SB 1290 iD baler which features the patented …
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Early bird tickets for the Cereals Event 2022 are now on sale, with 50% of every ticket price going to a choice of three farming charities. “We know that farmers are facing a challenging time, with soaring input costs, the transition away from Basic Payments and the uncertainty of global trade deals,” explains event organiser Alli McEntyre. “As an event, …
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As Christmas comes closer, Agronomist & Arable Farmer brings you the gift of a brand-new episode of our monthly podcast, Arable Chat. In this month’s episode, John Swire, Agronomist & Arable Farmer editor, is joined by guests Jonathan Gill, Mechatronics & UAS Researcher at Hands Free Farm at Harper Adams to talk about the Hands-Free Tractor, Hands Free Farm and …
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